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  • Antigua Sailing Week 2022: 92 entries and counting

    Antigua Sailing Week 2022: 92 entries and counting

    Antigua Sailing Week is booming with 92 teams already chomping at the bit for action from 30th April to 6th May 2022. Antigua Sailing Week is the longest running premier regatta in the Caribbean. The 53rd edition has already attracted teams from 18 nations around the world with over a thousand sailors expected to enjoy thrilling sailing in the spectacular…

  • Tyrik Hughes and Kayonté George off to Germany for 3-month football programme

    Tyrik Hughes and Kayonté George off to Germany for 3-month football programme

    Princess Margaret School: Join us in congratulating Tyrik Hughes and Kayonté George. They will be leaving this evening for Germany for a three-month football programme. We are so very proud of them and we wish them all the best! Safe travels Kayonté and Tyrik.

  • UK-based author foresees West Indies win

    UK-based author foresees West Indies win

    Colin Babb, UK-based West Indian cricket author and pundit, foresees a close finish in the current Apex Test series – with West Indies winning by a narrow margin. Babb, whose current book “1973 and Me” sees his own life’s experiences reflected through the West Indies tour to England of that year, told Caribcommx online journal:…

  • Spin legend Shane Warne passes away after cardiac arrest

    Spin legend Shane Warne passes away after cardiac arrest

    The cricketing world has been stunned by the sudden death of Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne. The legendary bowler has died at the age of 52 of a suspected heart attack. He has been regarded as one of the best ever bowlers. Tributes have been pouring in from across the cricketing world.

  • Alzarri Joseph to join Gujarat Titans for US$320K

    Alzarri Joseph to join Gujarat Titans for US$320K

    West Indies and Antiguan fast bowler, Alzarri Joseph, will feature for the Gujarat Titans in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) after he was bought for US$320.000. The West Indies’ Alzarri Joseph has bowled very well in this series. In the ODI series between India and West Indies, he has taken six wickets so far.…

  • Pollard leads West Indies to 179-4 in England decider

    Pollard leads West Indies to 179-4 in England decider

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP)— West Indies captain Kieron Pollard top-scored with 41 not out as the hosts made 179 for four against England in Sunday’s fifth and deciding Twenty20 international in Barbados. England spinners Adil Rashid, Liam Livingstone and captain Moeen Ali returned combined figures of four for 54 at the Kensington Oval, with the series all square at 2-2.…

  • LETTER: This reeks of victimization

    LETTER: This reeks of victimization

    Dear Editor: West Indies cricket coach, Simmons makes it seem like it was either Powell or Smith but in reality the victimization is in the context of the ever failing Bravo being retained while the ever improving Smith was dropped. This, after Smith was given a solitary over in the two matches he played. If…

  • Harper’s School Art competition back for ASW 2022

    Harper’s School Art competition back for ASW 2022

    Antigua Sailing Week is thrilled to announce the launch of the 2022 School Art Competition sponsored by Harper’s Office Depot. The School Art competition which has run every year since 1968, is a simple and effective way to engage the interest of the nation’s next generation of leaders about this national sporting and tourism event.…

  • Chris Gayle left out of IPL auction

    Chris Gayle left out of IPL auction

    West Indies big-hitter Chris Gayle is among the stars missing from the upcoming auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL). More than 1,200 cricketers from India and 18 countries across the world have registered to go under the hammer in Bangalore on February 12 and 13 for the 15th edition of the world’s most lucrative…

  • Grave says CWI looking for ‘best opportunity’ for Gayle send-off

    Grave says CWI looking for ‘best opportunity’ for Gayle send-off

    Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, has given the assurance that veteran left-hander Chris Gayle will be given a fitting send-off, despite being left out of squads to face Ireland and England later this month. The 42-year-old Gayle delayed his retirement following the conclusion of last year’s Twenty20 World Cup, indicating his desire to…

  • Sports Development Camp targets skills learning

    Sports Development Camp targets skills learning

    Developing a new skill or experiencing play a different sport were all in evidence as the Sports Development Camp organised by the Helping Hand Foundation get under the way at the Mack Pond Sports Complex, All Saints. About 30 boys and girls between ages 5-16 years were put the through their paces by coaches Oslyn…

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]. 

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]